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A Message from the Founder – CafeAlt 2026
A Message from the Founder
Prem Khatri, Founder & CEO, CafeMutual
"The next phase of wealth creation may belong to those who understand where smart money is moving."

Dear Friend,

The rules of wealth creation are changing.

For years, portfolios in India were built largely around traditional products. That model worked well in an era when investment choices were limited and wealth creation itself was still evolving. But today, India is witnessing an unprecedented rise in affluent investors, entrepreneurial wealth and financial awareness.

Across PMS strategies, private credit, venture capital, long-short funds, structured opportunities and specialised AIFs — what was once considered niche is steadily becoming mainstream.

CafeAlt Conference 2026 is built around this shift. With the theme "Where Smart Money Is Moving", the conference will explore how alternatives are reshaping the future of wealth management in India. More importantly, it will focus on what this means for the people guiding investors every day — mutual fund distributors, private bankers and wealth managers who now need to navigate a rapidly expanding investment universe.

Our objective is simple: move beyond product conversations and understand where the industry is headed. Which alternative strategies are gaining traction? What are sophisticated investors looking for? How should financial distributors evaluate risk, liquidity and suitability? And how can alternatives be integrated thoughtfully into client portfolios?

Prem Khatri
Founder & CEO, CafeMutual

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Who Should Attend
Built for India’s Financial Elite
Wealth Managers
Private & Boutique
MFD Firms
Individual and National
Institutional Investors
Funds & Endowments
Family Offices
Single & Multi-family
Banks & NDs
Banking Professionals & National Distributors

WHY ATTEND

7 Reasons to be in the room

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Develop insights into how alternative investment products work, where they invest and the attendant risk-reward

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Learn how sophisticated investors and HNIs are allocating their portfolios

02

Learn how to position PMS/ AIFs in client conversations

06

Hear practical insights from leading wealth managers, PMS and AIF experts

03

Discover new revenue and business growth opportunities in alternatives

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Network with top distributors, wealth managers, banks and family offices

04

Gain clarity on suitability before recommending products

View the highlights of CafeAlt Conference 2025 here!

Tentative Agenda

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Who spoke at our earlier events

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Morgan Housel

Author of 'The Psychology of Money'
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Daniel Crosby

Behavioural Scientist, Brinker Capital, USA
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Danielle Howard

Wealth by Design, USA
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Abizer Diwanji

EY
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Alex Birkin

EY Partner, Global Advisory Leader - Wealth and Asset Management
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Niro Sivanathan

Associate Professor, Organisational behavior, London Business School
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Bobby Pawar

Publicis Worldwide
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John Praveen

Prudential International Investments Advisors, USA
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Lulu Raghavan

CEO, Landor
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Anand Lunia

India Quotient
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M J Akbar

Union Minister
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Michael Lipper

President, Lipper Advisory Services
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Nirmal Jain

India Infoline Ltd
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Raj Raghunathan

Professor, University of Texas, Austin
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Rajdeep Sardesai

Noted Journalist
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Rajesh Jain

netCORE Solutions
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Rashesh Shah

Edelweiss Group
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Thomas Curran

Perfectionism
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Robert. F. Baur

CGE, Principal Global
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Rolf Hermans

Robeco
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Santosh Desai

Future Brands
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Swaminathan Aiyer Anklesaria

Noted economics journalist
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Tarun Rai

CEO, JWT South Asia
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Carl Richards

Author, Behavior Gap
Who We Are

Cafemutual — India's Trusted Finance Platform

A business built around mutual fund distribution professionals — delivering news, knowledge, events and training to the community for over 15 years. One of the top mutual fund information websites globally.

What We Do
Website

Our website www.cafemutual.com gives news and knowledge to mutual fund & investment professionals. This site is among the top in the category globally. Launched 15 years back, it is the most trusted source of news & knowledge because of its integrity & independence.

Events

Cafemutual conducts six events every year.

Cafemutual Ideas Fest

Targeted exclusively at individual MFDs, Cafemutual Ideas Fest provides actionable insights to individual distributors to grow and flourish.

01

Cafemutual SIF Summit

The summit is designed to educate, upskill and empower distributors with practical knowledge and insights, enabling them to confidently recommend Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) to their clients and capitalize on the emerging opportunity.

02

Cafemutual Passives Conference

Industry's only event that focusses on 'Passives' as a product category and provides clarity on the emerging trends in the world of Passives

03

CafeAlt Conference

A gathering of stakeholders- PMS & AIF players, wealth managers, boutique MFD firms, institutional distributors, family offices and banks/NDs to deliberate on ways to grow the Alternatives pie.

04

Cafemutual Beyond Borders

Industry's only dedicated event focused on cross-border investing, enabling deeper understanding of global investment opportunities, structures and regulatory considerations.

05

Cafemutual Investment Summit

This event aims at catalyzing investments from UAE to India. This conference brings best in class experts to share their insights with banks, external asset managers, wealth managers and UHNIs.

06
Training and Development

Many of the top fund houses engage us to train their distributors, employees and conduct investor education programs.

Research

With an in-depth understanding of the mutual fund and distribution space, we offer bespoke solutions to our clients in the areas of sales, business development and marketing. Among our 20 clients are 7 of the top 10 AMCs.